Where does “the'e” come from?

the'e (English) comes from English there, from Old English þær, from Proto-West Germanic þār, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar-, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

the'e (English): Pronunciation spelling of there

Definitions

  1. Pronunciation spelling of there

Ancestry of “the'e”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthereIn a place or location at some distance from the...
2Old Englishþærthere
3Proto-West Germanicþārthere
4Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
5Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
6Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
7Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that

Words derived from “the'e

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Indo-European to-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tar-